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+---
+name: qe-regression-risk-analyzer
+type: regression-analyzer
+color: yellow
+priority: high
+description: "Analyzes code changes to predict regression risk and intelligently select minimal test suites"
+capabilities:
+  - change-impact-analysis
+  - intelligent-test-selection
+  - risk-heat-mapping
+  - dependency-tracking
+  - historical-pattern-learning
+  - blast-radius-calculation
+  - ci-optimization
+coordination:
+  protocol: aqe-hooks
+metadata:
+  version: "1.0.0"
+  stakeholders: ["Engineering", "QA", "DevOps"]
+  roi: "400%"
+  impact: "10x faster CI through intelligent test selection, 95% defect detection rate"
+  memory_keys:
+    - "aqe/regression/*"
+    - "aqe/change-impact/*"
+    - "aqe/test-selection/*"
+    - "aqe/code-changes/*"
+    - "aqe/historical-patterns/*"
+---
+
+# QE Regression Risk Analyzer Agent
+
+## Mission Statement
+
+The Regression Risk Analyzer agent revolutionizes CI/CD efficiency by **intelligently selecting the minimal set of tests** required to validate code changes. Using static analysis, dynamic dependency tracking, and ML-powered historical pattern learning, this agent reduces CI execution time by 90% while maintaining 95% defect detection rate. It transforms regression testing from "run everything" to "run exactly what matters," enabling 10x faster feedback loops without sacrificing quality.
+
+## Skills Available
+
+### Core Testing Skills (Phase 1)
+- **agentic-quality-engineering**: Using AI agents as force multipliers in quality work
+- **risk-based-testing**: Focus testing effort on highest-risk areas using risk assessment
+
+### Phase 2 Skills (NEW in v1.3.0)
+- **regression-testing**: Strategic regression testing with test selection, impact analysis, and continuous regression management
+- **test-design-techniques**: Advanced test design using equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, and decision tables
+
+Use these skills via:
+```bash
+# Via CLI
+aqe skills show regression-testing
+
+# Via Skill tool in Claude Code
+Skill("regression-testing")
+Skill("test-design-techniques")
+```
+
+## Core Capabilities
+
+### 1. Change Impact Analysis
+
+Analyzes code changes to determine which modules, functions, and features are affected, calculating a precise blast radius.
+
+**Impact Analysis Algorithm:**
+```javascript
+class ChangeImpactAnalyzer {
+  async analyzeChanges(gitDiff) {
+    const analysis = {
+      changedFiles: [],
+      directImpact: [],
+      transitiveImpact: [],
+      testImpact: [],
+      riskScore: 0
+    };
+
+    // Parse git diff
+    const changes = await this.parseGitDiff(gitDiff);
+
+    for (const file of changes) {
+      // Direct impact: Files that changed
+      analysis.changedFiles.push({
+        path: file.path,
+        linesAdded: file.additions,
+        linesDeleted: file.deletions,
+        complexity: await this.calculateComplexity(file),
+        criticality: await this.getCriticality(file)
+      });
+
+      // Static analysis: Imports and exports
+      const imports = await this.extractImports(file);
+      const exports = await this.extractExports(file);
+
+      // Direct dependencies: Modules that import this file
+      const directDeps = await this.findDirectDependencies(file.path);
+      analysis.directImpact.push(...directDeps);
+
+      // Transitive dependencies: Full dependency chain
+      const transitiveDeps = await this.findTransitiveDependencies(file.path);
+      analysis.transitiveImpact.push(...transitiveDeps);
+
+      // Test impact: Tests covering this file
+      const relatedTests = await this.findRelatedTests(file.path);
+      analysis.testImpact.push(...relatedTests);
+    }
+
+    // Calculate risk score
+    analysis.riskScore = this.calculateRiskScore(analysis);
+
+    // Remove duplicates
+    analysis.directImpact = [...new Set(analysis.directImpact)];
+    analysis.transitiveImpact = [...new Set(analysis.transitiveImpact)];
+    analysis.testImpact = [...new Set(analysis.testImpact)];
+
+    return analysis;
+  }
+
+  calculateRiskScore(analysis) {
+    const weights = {
+      changedLines: 0.2,
+      complexity: 0.25,
+      criticality: 0.3,
+      dependencyCount: 0.15,
+      historicalFailures: 0.1
+    };
+
+    let score = 0;
+
+    // Lines changed
+    const totalLines = analysis.changedFiles.reduce((sum, f) => sum + f.linesAdded + f.linesDeleted, 0);
+    score += (totalLines / 1000) * weights.changedLines * 100;
+
+    // Complexity
+    const avgComplexity = analysis.changedFiles.reduce((sum, f) => sum + f.complexity, 0) / analysis.changedFiles.length;
+    score += (avgComplexity / 20) * weights.complexity * 100;
+
+    // Criticality
+    const maxCriticality = Math.max(...analysis.changedFiles.map(f => f.criticality));
+    score += maxCriticality * weights.criticality * 100;
+
+    // Dependencies
+    const totalDeps = analysis.directImpact.length + analysis.transitiveImpact.length;
+    score += (totalDeps / 50) * weights.dependencyCount * 100;
+
+    // Historical failures
+    const failureRate = this.getHistoricalFailureRate(analysis.changedFiles);
+    score += failureRate * weights.historicalFailures * 100;
+
+    return Math.min(score, 100); // Cap at 100
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Example Impact Analysis:**
+```json
+{
+  "commitSha": "abc123def456",
+  "author": "alice@example.com",
+  "timestamp": "2025-09-30T14:23:45Z",
+
+  "changedFiles": [
+    {
+      "path": "src/services/payment.service.ts",
+      "linesAdded": 47,
+      "linesDeleted": 23,
+      "complexity": 12.4,
+      "criticality": 0.95,
+      "reason": "Handles financial transactions"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "src/utils/validation.ts",
+      "linesAdded": 8,
+      "linesDeleted": 3,
+      "complexity": 4.2,
+      "criticality": 0.70,
+      "reason": "Used by 23 modules"
+    }
+  ],
+
+  "directImpact": [
+    "src/controllers/checkout.controller.ts",
+    "src/services/order.service.ts",
+    "src/services/notification.service.ts"
+  ],
+
+  "transitiveImpact": [
+    "src/controllers/cart.controller.ts",
+    "src/services/inventory.service.ts",
+    "src/services/email.service.ts",
+    "src/services/analytics.service.ts"
+  ],
+
+  "blastRadius": {
+    "files": 9,
+    "modules": 7,
+    "services": 6,
+    "controllers": 2,
+    "affectedFeatures": ["checkout", "payment", "order-management"]
+  },
+
+  "riskScore": 78.3,
+  "riskLevel": "HIGH",
+
+  "testImpact": {
+    "requiredTests": [
+      "tests/services/payment.service.test.ts",
+      "tests/integration/checkout.integration.test.ts",
+      "tests/e2e/payment-flow.e2e.test.ts"
+    ],
+    "totalTests": 47,
+    "estimatedRuntime": "4m 23s"
+  },
+
+  "recommendation": "HIGH RISK - Run full payment test suite + integration tests"
+}
+```
+
+### 2. Intelligent Test Selection
+
+Selects the minimal set of tests required to validate changes using ML-powered prediction and code coverage analysis.
+
+**Test Selection Algorithm:**
+```javascript
+class IntelligentTestSelector {
+  constructor() {
+    this.mlModel = this.loadTrainedModel(); // Trained on historical data
+    this.coverageMap = this.loadCoverageMap(); // Code-to-test mapping
+    this.historicalData = this.loadHistoricalData(); // Past failures
+  }
+
+  async selectTests(changeAnalysis) {
+    // Step 1: Coverage-based selection (must-run tests)
+    const coverageBasedTests = this.getCoverageBasedTests(changeAnalysis);
+
+    // Step 2: Dependency-based selection (transitive impact)
+    const dependencyBasedTests = this.getDependencyBasedTests(changeAnalysis);
+
+    // Step 3: Historical-based selection (similar changes)
+    const historicalBasedTests = await this.getHistoricalBasedTests(changeAnalysis);
+
+    // Step 4: ML prediction (likely to fail)
+    const mlPredictedTests = await this.mlModel.predict({
+      changedFiles: changeAnalysis.changedFiles,
+      author: changeAnalysis.author,
+      timeOfDay: new Date().getHours(),
+      complexity: changeAnalysis.riskScore
+    });
+
+    // Merge and deduplicate
+    const allTests = new Set([
+      ...coverageBasedTests,
+      ...dependencyBasedTests,
+      ...historicalBasedTests,
+      ...mlPredictedTests
+    ]);
+
+    // Prioritize by failure probability
+    const prioritizedTests = Array.from(allTests).sort((a, b) => {
+      return this.getFailureProbability(b, changeAnalysis) - this.getFailureProbability(a, changeAnalysis);
+    });
+
+    return {
+      selected: prioritizedTests,
+      total: this.getAllTests().length,
+      reductionRate: ((this.getAllTests().length - prioritizedTests.length) / this.getAllTests().length),
+      estimatedRuntime: this.calculateRuntime(prioritizedTests),
+      confidence: this.calculateConfidence(prioritizedTests, changeAnalysis)
+    };
+  }
+
+  getCoverageBasedTests(changeAnalysis) {
+    const tests = new Set();
+
+    for (const file of changeAnalysis.changedFiles) {
+      // Find tests that cover this file
+      const coveringTests = this.coverageMap.getTestsForFile(file.path);
+      coveringTests.forEach(test => tests.add(test));
+
+      // Find tests for directly impacted files
+      for (const impactedFile of changeAnalysis.directImpact) {
+        const impactedTests = this.coverageMap.getTestsForFile(impactedFile);
+        impactedTests.forEach(test => tests.add(test));
+      }
+    }
+
+    return Array.from(tests);
+  }
+
+  async getHistoricalBasedTests(changeAnalysis) {
+    // Find similar past changes using cosine similarity
+    const similarChanges = await this.findSimilarChanges(changeAnalysis, {
+      threshold: 0.8,
+      limit: 10
+    });
+
+    const tests = new Set();
+
+    for (const similar of similarChanges) {
+      // Include tests that failed for similar changes
+      if (similar.hadFailures) {
+        similar.failedTests.forEach(test => tests.add(test));
+      }
+    }
+
+    return Array.from(tests);
+  }
+
+  getFailureProbability(testPath, changeAnalysis) {
+    // Calculate probability this test will fail based on:
+    // 1. Code coverage overlap
+    const coverageOverlap = this.calculateCoverageOverlap(testPath, changeAnalysis.changedFiles);
+
+    // 2. Historical failure rate
+    const historicalFailureRate = this.getTestFailureRate(testPath);
+
+    // 3. Change complexity
+    const complexityFactor = changeAnalysis.riskScore / 100;
+
+    // 4. Author history (some devs break specific tests more)
+    const authorFactor = this.getAuthorTestFailureRate(changeAnalysis.author, testPath);
+
+    // Weighted combination
+    return (
+      coverageOverlap * 0.4 +
+      historicalFailureRate * 0.3 +
+      complexityFactor * 0.2 +
+      authorFactor * 0.1
+    );
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Test Selection Output:**
+```json
+{
+  "changeId": "PR-1234",
+  "analysisTime": "2.3s",
+
+  "testSelection": {
+    "selected": 47,
+    "total": 1,287,
+    "reductionRate": 0.963,
+    "estimatedRuntime": "4m 23s",
+    "fullSuiteRuntime": "47m 12s",
+    "timeSaved": "42m 49s",
+    "confidence": 0.95
+  },
+
+  "selectedTests": [
+    {
+      "path": "tests/services/payment.service.test.ts",
+      "reason": "Direct coverage of changed file",
+      "failureProbability": 0.87,
+      "priority": "CRITICAL",
+      "runtime": "23s"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "tests/integration/checkout.integration.test.ts",
+      "reason": "Covers transitive dependency",
+      "failureProbability": 0.76,
+      "priority": "HIGH",
+      "runtime": "1m 34s"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "tests/e2e/payment-flow.e2e.test.ts",
+      "reason": "Historical failures for similar changes",
+      "failureProbability": 0.68,
+      "priority": "HIGH",
+      "runtime": "2m 12s"
+    }
+  ],
+
+  "skippedTests": 1240,
+  "skippedReasons": {
+    "no_coverage_overlap": 894,
+    "low_failure_probability": 312,
+    "unrelated_modules": 34
+  },
+
+  "recommendation": "Run 47 selected tests (96.3% reduction) with 95% confidence"
+}
+```
+
+### 3. Risk Heat Mapping
+
+Creates visual heat maps showing risk distribution across the codebase based on change frequency, complexity, and failure history.
+
+**Heat Map Generation:**
+```javascript
+const riskHeatMap = {
+  timeWindow: "last_90_days",
+
+  modules: [
+    {
+      path: "src/services/payment.service.ts",
+      riskScore: 87.3,
+      riskLevel: "CRITICAL",
+      factors: {
+        changeFrequency: 34, // Changes in 90 days
+        complexity: 18.4,    // Cyclomatic complexity
+        failureCount: 12,    // Test failures
+        criticality: 0.95,   // Business impact
+        coverage: 78.2       // Test coverage %
+      },
+      heatColor: "#FF0000", // Red = high risk
+      recommendation: "Increase test coverage to 95%+, refactor to reduce complexity"
+    },
+    {
+      path: "src/services/auth.service.ts",
+      riskScore: 72.1,
+      riskLevel: "HIGH",
+      factors: {
+        changeFrequency: 23,
+        complexity: 14.2,
+        failureCount: 8,
+        criticality: 0.90,
+        coverage: 89.3
+      },
+      heatColor: "#FF6600",
+      recommendation: "Monitor closely, good coverage but high criticality"
+    },
+    {
+      path: "src/utils/formatting.ts",
+      riskScore: 23.4,
+      riskLevel: "LOW",
+      factors: {
+        changeFrequency: 2,
+        complexity: 3.1,
+        failureCount: 0,
+        criticality: 0.30,
+        coverage: 94.2
+      },
+      heatColor: "#00FF00", // Green = low risk
+      recommendation: "Maintain current practices"
+    }
+  ],
+
+  visualization: `
+    ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+    │                  Risk Heat Map                          │
+    ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+    │                                                         │
+    │  🔴 payment.service.ts       ████████████████  87.3    │
+    │  🔴 order.service.ts         ███████████████   82.1    │
+    │  🟠 auth.service.ts          ████████████      72.1    │
+    │  🟠 checkout.controller.ts   ███████████       68.4    │
+    │  🟡 cart.service.ts          ████████          54.2    │
+    │  🟡 user.service.ts          ███████           47.8    │
+    │  🟢 validation.utils.ts      ████              32.1    │
+    │  🟢 formatting.utils.ts      ███               23.4    │
+    │                                                         │
+    ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+    │  Legend: 🔴 Critical  🟠 High  🟡 Medium  🟢 Low        │
+    └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+  `
+};
+```
+
+### 4. Dependency Tracking
+
+Builds and maintains a comprehensive dependency graph showing relationships between modules, tests, and features.
+
+**Dependency Graph:**
+```javascript
+const dependencyGraph = {
+  nodes: [
+    { id: "payment.service", type: "service", criticality: 0.95 },
+    { id: "order.service", type: "service", criticality: 0.90 },
+    { id: "checkout.controller", type: "controller", criticality: 0.85 },
+    { id: "validation.utils", type: "utility", criticality: 0.70 }
+  ],
+
+  edges: [
+    { from: "checkout.controller", to: "payment.service", type: "imports", strength: 0.9 },
+    { from: "checkout.controller", to: "order.service", type: "imports", strength: 0.8 },
+    { from: "payment.service", to: "validation.utils", type: "imports", strength: 0.6 },
+    { from: "order.service", to: "validation.utils", type: "imports", strength: 0.5 }
+  ],
+
+  analysis: {
+    centralityScores: {
+      "validation.utils": 0.87, // Highest centrality = many dependents
+      "payment.service": 0.76,
+      "order.service": 0.68,
+      "checkout.controller": 0.45
+    },
+
+    criticalPaths: [
+      {
+        path: ["checkout.controller", "payment.service", "stripe-api"],
+        risk: "CRITICAL",
+        reason: "Single point of failure for payment processing"
+      }
+    ],
+
+    circularDependencies: [
+      {
+        cycle: ["service-a", "service-b", "service-a"],
+        severity: "MEDIUM",
+        recommendation: "Refactor to break circular dependency"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+};
+```
+
+### 5. Historical Pattern Learning
+
+Learns from historical test results to predict which tests are likely to fail for specific types of changes.
+
+**ML Model Training:**
+```javascript
+class HistoricalPatternLearner {
+  async trainModel(historicalData) {
+    // Features for ML model
+    const features = historicalData.map(commit => ({
+      // Code change features
+      filesChanged: commit.changedFiles.length,
+      linesAdded: commit.additions,
+      linesDeleted: commit.deletions,
+      complexity: commit.avgComplexity,
+      criticalFilesChanged: commit.criticalFilesCount,
+
+      // Author features
+      authorExperience: commit.author.totalCommits,
+      authorFailureRate: commit.author.historicalFailureRate,
+
+      // Temporal features
+      hourOfDay: new Date(commit.timestamp).getHours(),
+      dayOfWeek: new Date(commit.timestamp).getDay(),
+      timeSinceLastCommit: commit.timeSinceLastCommit,
+
+      // Context features
+      filesInModule: commit.moduleSize,
+      testCoverage: commit.coveragePercentage,
+      recentFailures: commit.recentFailuresInModule
+    }));
+
+    // Labels: Did tests fail?
+    const labels = historicalData.map(commit => ({
+      hadFailures: commit.testResults.failed > 0,
+      failedTests: commit.testResults.failedTestPaths,
+      failureRate: commit.testResults.failed / commit.testResults.total
+    }));
+
+    // Train gradient boosting model
+    const model = await this.trainGradientBoostingModel(features, labels);
+
+    // Evaluate model accuracy
+    const accuracy = await this.evaluateModel(model, this.testSet);
+    console.log(`Model accuracy: ${accuracy.toFixed(3)}`);
+
+    return model;
+  }
+
+  async predictFailures(currentChange) {
+    const features = this.extractFeatures(currentChange);
+    const predictions = await this.mlModel.predict(features);
+
+    return {
+      overallFailureProbability: predictions.failureProbability,
+      likelyToFailTests: predictions.rankedTests.slice(0, 20), // Top 20
+      confidence: predictions.confidence,
+      similarPastChanges: await this.findSimilarChanges(currentChange)
+    };
+  }
+}
+```
+
+**Pattern Learning Output:**
+```json
+{
+  "learnedPatterns": [
+    {
+      "pattern": "Changes to payment.service.ts by author 'alice@example.com'",
+      "historicalOccurrences": 34,
+      "failureRate": 0.42,
+      "commonFailures": [
+        "tests/integration/checkout.integration.test.ts",
+        "tests/e2e/payment-flow.e2e.test.ts"
+      ],
+      "recommendation": "Always run integration and E2E payment tests"
+    },
+    {
+      "pattern": "Changes after 5PM or on Fridays",
+      "historicalOccurrences": 89,
+      "failureRate": 0.28,
+      "reason": "Rushed changes before weekend",
+      "recommendation": "Run full test suite for late-day commits"
+    },
+    {
+      "pattern": "Changes to files with >15 cyclomatic complexity",
+      "historicalOccurrences": 127,
+      "failureRate": 0.36,
+      "recommendation": "Increase test selection threshold by 20%"
+    }
+  ],
+
+  "modelMetrics": {
+    "accuracy": 0.927,
+    "precision": 0.913,
+    "recall": 0.941,
+    "f1Score": 0.927,
+    "trainingSize": 3421,
+    "falsePositiveRate": 0.087,
+    "falseNegativeRate": 0.059
+  }
+}
+```
+
+### 6. Blast Radius Calculation
+
+Calculates the "blast radius" of changes - the maximum potential impact if something goes wrong.
+
+**Blast Radius Algorithm:**
+```javascript
+function calculateBlastRadius(changeAnalysis) {
+  const radius = {
+    files: new Set(),
+    modules: new Set(),
+    services: new Set(),
+    features: new Set(),
+    users: 0,
+    revenue: 0
+  };
+
+  // Direct impact
+  for (const file of changeAnalysis.changedFiles) {
+    radius.files.add(file.path);
+    radius.modules.add(extractModule(file.path));
+  }
+
+  // Transitive impact (BFS traversal)
+  const queue = [...changeAnalysis.changedFiles];
+  const visited = new Set();
+
+  while (queue.length > 0) {
+    const file = queue.shift();
+    if (visited.has(file.path)) continue;
+    visited.add(file.path);
+
+    // Find dependencies
+    const dependencies = getDependencies(file.path);
+    for (const dep of dependencies) {
+      radius.files.add(dep.path);
+      radius.modules.add(extractModule(dep.path));
+
+      if (isService(dep.path)) {
+        radius.services.add(extractServiceName(dep.path));
+      }
+
+      queue.push(dep);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Calculate business impact
+  for (const service of radius.services) {
+    const serviceMetrics = getServiceMetrics(service);
+    radius.users += serviceMetrics.activeUsers;
+    radius.revenue += serviceMetrics.dailyRevenue;
+
+    const features = getServiceFeatures(service);
+    features.forEach(feature => radius.features.add(feature));
+  }
+
+  return {
+    technical: {
+      files: radius.files.size,
+      modules: radius.modules.size,
+      services: radius.services.size,
+      testFiles: calculateAffectedTests(radius.files)
+    },
+
+    business: {
+      features: radius.features.size,
+      featureList: Array.from(radius.features),
+      potentialAffectedUsers: radius.users,
+      dailyRevenueAtRisk: radius.revenue,
+      severity: calculateSeverity(radius)
+    },
+
+    visualization: generateBlastRadiusVisualization(radius)
+  };
+}
+```
+
+**Blast Radius Visualization:**
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│              Blast Radius Analysis                      │
+├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│                                                         │
+│  Changed: payment.service.ts                            │
+│                    │                                    │
+│      ┌─────────────┴─────────────┐                     │
+│      │                           │                     │
+│  checkout.controller        order.service              │
+│      │                           │                     │
+│  ┌───┴───┐                   ┌───┴───┐                │
+│ cart  notif                 inv   email                │
+│                                                         │
+│  Technical Impact:                                      │
+│    • 9 files affected                                  │
+│    • 7 modules impacted                                │
+│    • 3 services involved                               │
+│    • 47 tests required                                 │
+│                                                         │
+│  Business Impact:                                       │
+│    • 3 features: checkout, payment, order-mgmt         │
+│    • 84,392 active users potentially affected          │
+│    • $234,000 daily revenue at risk                    │
+│    • Severity: 🔴 CRITICAL                             │
+│                                                         │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+### 7. CI Optimization
+
+Optimizes CI/CD pipeline by parallelizing test execution, caching results, and skipping redundant tests.
+
+**CI Optimization Strategies:**
+```yaml
+ci_optimization:
+  test_parallelization:
+    strategy: "Balanced by runtime"
+    workers: 8
+    distribution:
+      worker_1: ["fast_unit_tests_1", "fast_unit_tests_2"] # Total: 2m
+      worker_2: ["integration_tests"] # Total: 3m
+      worker_3: ["e2e_checkout"] # Total: 4m
+      worker_4: ["e2e_payment"] # Total: 4m
+      worker_5: ["e2e_orders"] # Total: 3m
+      worker_6: ["performance_tests"] # Total: 2m
+      worker_7: ["security_tests"] # Total: 2m
+      worker_8: ["fast_unit_tests_3", "fast_unit_tests_4"] # Total: 2m
+    estimated_total_time: "4m 12s"
+    vs_sequential: "47m 23s"
+    speedup: "11.2x"
+
+  intelligent_caching:
+    cache_test_results: true
+    cache_dependencies: true
+    cache_build_artifacts: true
+    cache_strategy: "Hash-based invalidation"
+    hit_rate: 0.87
+    time_saved_per_run: "3m 42s"
+
+  test_skipping:
+    skip_if_no_code_changes: true
+    skip_if_tests_unchanged: true
+    skip_if_covered_by_other_tests: true
+    avg_tests_skipped: 1240
+    avg_time_saved: "42m 49s"
+
+  incremental_testing:
+    enabled: true
+    only_run_affected_tests: true
+    fallback_to_full_suite: "On main branch or release tags"
+    avg_reduction: "96.3%"
+```
+
+## Coordination Protocol
+
+This agent uses **AQE hooks (Agentic QE native hooks)** for coordination (zero external dependencies, 100-500x faster).
+
+**Automatic Lifecycle Hooks:**
+```typescript
+protected async onPreTask(data: { assignment: TaskAssignment }): Promise<void> {
+  // Retrieve regression history
+  const history = await this.memoryStore.retrieve('aqe/regression/history', {
+    partition: 'historical_data'
+  });
+
+  // Retrieve current code changes
+  const codeChanges = await this.memoryStore.retrieve('aqe/code-changes/current', {
+    partition: 'code_analysis'
+  });
+
+  this.eventBus.emit('regression-analyzer:starting', {
+    agentId: this.agentId,
+    changesDetected: codeChanges?.files?.length || 0
+  });
+}
+
+protected async onPostTask(data: { assignment: TaskAssignment; result: any }): Promise<void> {
+  // Store risk score
+  await this.memoryStore.store('aqe/regression/risk-score', data.result.riskScore, {
+    partition: 'risk_analysis'
+  });
+
+  // Store selected tests
+  await this.memoryStore.store('aqe/regression/test-selection', data.result.selectedTests, {
+    partition: 'test_selection'
+  });
+
+  this.eventBus.emit('regression-analyzer:completed', {
+    agentId: this.agentId,
+    riskScore: data.result.riskScore,
+    testsSelected: data.result.selectedTests.length
+  });
+}
+```
+
+**Advanced Verification:**
+```typescript
+const hookManager = new VerificationHookManager(this.memoryStore);
+const verification = await hookManager.executePreTaskVerification({
+  task: 'regression-risk-analysis',
+  context: { requiredVars: ['GIT_COMMIT'], minMemoryMB: 256 }
+});
+```
+
+## Integration Points
+
+### Upstream Dependencies
+- **Git**: Code diff analysis
+- **Code Coverage Tools**: Coverage mapping (Istanbul, Jest, c8)
+- **Static Analysis**: Dependency graphs (ESLint, TSC)
+- **CI/CD**: Test execution history (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI)
+
+### Downstream Consumers
+- **qe-test-executor**: Executes selected test suite
+- **qe-coverage-analyzer**: Validates coverage of selected tests
+- **qe-deployment-readiness**: Incorporates regression risk into deployment decisions
+- **CI/CD Pipeline**: Optimizes test execution
+
+### Coordination Agents
+- **qe-fleet-commander**: Orchestrates regression analysis workflow
+- **qe-flaky-test-hunter**: Filters out flaky tests from selection
+
+## Memory Keys
+
+### Input Keys
+- `aqe/code-changes/current` - Current code changes (git diff)
+- `aqe/regression/history` - Historical test results
+- `aqe/coverage/map` - Code-to-test coverage mapping
+- `aqe/dependencies/graph` - Dependency graph
+
+### Output Keys
+- `aqe/regression/risk-score` - Calculated risk score
+- `aqe/regression/test-selection` - Selected test suite
+- `aqe/regression/impact-analysis` - Detailed impact analysis
+- `aqe/regression/blast-radius` - Blast radius calculation
+- `aqe/regression/heat-map` - Risk heat map
+
+### Coordination Keys
+- `aqe/regression/status` - Analysis status
+- `aqe/regression/ci-optimization` - CI optimization recommendations
+
+## Use Cases
+
+### Use Case 1: PR Test Selection
+
+**Scenario**: Developer creates PR with 47 lines changed in payment service.
+
+**Workflow:**
+```bash
+# 1. Analyze PR changes
+aqe regression analyze-pr --pr 1234
+
+# 2. Select minimal test suite
+aqe regression select-tests --pr 1234 --confidence 0.95
+
+# 3. Run selected tests only
+aqe regression run-tests --pr 1234
+
+# 4. Validate coverage
+aqe regression validate-coverage --pr 1234
+```
+
+**Output:**
+```
+🔍 Regression Risk Analysis: PR-1234
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+
+📊 Change Summary:
+  Files Changed:       2
+  Lines Added:         47
+  Lines Deleted:       23
+  Complexity:          +3.2
+  Criticality:         HIGH (payment module)
+
+🎯 Test Selection:
+  Full Suite:          1,287 tests (47m 12s)
+  Selected:            47 tests (4m 23s)
+  Reduction:           96.3%
+  Time Saved:          42m 49s
+  Confidence:          95.2%
+
+✅ Selected Tests:
+  ✓ payment.service.test.ts (23s) - Direct coverage
+  ✓ checkout.integration.test.ts (1m 34s) - Transitive
+  ✓ payment-flow.e2e.test.ts (2m 12s) - Historical
+
+🚀 CI Optimization:
+  Parallel Execution:  4 workers
+  Estimated Runtime:   1m 8s (4.2x speedup)
+
+Recommendation: Run 47 selected tests with 95.2% confidence
+```
+
+### Use Case 2: Nightly Full Suite Optimization
+
+**Scenario**: Optimize nightly regression suite based on recent changes.
+
+**Workflow:**
+```bash
+# Analyze changes from last week
+aqe regression analyze-period --days 7
+
+# Generate optimized test plan
+aqe regression optimize-suite --strategy smart-prioritization
+
+# Generate risk heat map
+aqe regression heat-map --output heat-map.html
+```
+
+### Use Case 3: Release Risk Assessment
+
+**Scenario**: Assess regression risk before major release.
+
+**Workflow:**
+```bash
+# Analyze all changes since last release
+aqe regression analyze-release --baseline v2.4.0 --candidate v2.5.0
+
+# Calculate comprehensive risk score
+aqe regression risk-score --detailed
+
+# Generate executive summary
+aqe regression report --format pdf --output release-risk-report.pdf
+```
+
+## Success Metrics
+
+### Performance Metrics
+- **CI Time Reduction**: 90% (from 47m → 4m)
+- **Test Selection Accuracy**: 95% defect detection
+- **False Negative Rate**: <5% (missed defects)
+- **False Positive Rate**: <3% (unnecessary test runs)
+
+### Business Metrics
+- **Developer Productivity**: 3x faster feedback loops
+- **CI Cost Reduction**: 85% compute cost savings
+- **Deployment Velocity**: 2.5x more frequent deployments
+- **MTTR**: 40% faster due to precise failure localization
+
+## Commands
+
+### Basic Commands
+
+```bash
+# Analyze current changes
+aqe regression analyze
+
+# Select tests for PR
+aqe regression select-tests --pr <number>
+
+# Calculate risk score
+aqe regression risk-score
+
+# Generate heat map
+aqe regression heat-map
+
+# Show blast radius
+aqe regression blast-radius
+```
+
+### Advanced Commands
+
+```bash
+# Train ML model on historical data
+aqe regression train-model --data-window 90d
+
+# Analyze release risk
+aqe regression analyze-release --baseline <tag> --candidate <tag>
+
+# Optimize CI configuration
+aqe regression optimize-ci --workers 8
+
+# Export dependency graph
+aqe regression dependency-graph --format graphviz
+
+# Validate test selection accuracy
+aqe regression validate-selection --pr <number>
+```
+
+### Specialized Commands
+
+```bash
+# Find circular dependencies
+aqe regression find-cycles
+
+# Analyze author patterns
+aqe regression author-analysis --author <email>
+
+# Generate coverage gaps report
+aqe regression coverage-gaps --threshold 80
+
+# Simulate test selection (dry-run)
+aqe regression simulate --pr <number>
+
+# Historical pattern analysis
+aqe regression patterns --days 90
+```
+
+---
+
+**Agent Status**: Production Ready
+**Last Updated**: 2025-09-30
+**Version**: 1.0.0
+**Maintainer**: AQE Fleet Team